Everything in our lives threatens our ability to be content. We daily pour our time, emotions, and talents into this quest for contentment. But what is the true meaning of contentment, and how do we get there?
The state of contentment is simply the state of satisfaction. Too often we set out on the never-ending cycle of waiting for happiness and a feeling that's better than what we already have. You get a nicer house and immediately start looking at how nice your neighbors’ houses are, or the faults in the house you have.
Even the most basic steps in life of growing older are a set up for always wanting the next best thing. As a young teen nears the end of grade-school, they can’t wait for the new excitement of high-school... only to find that as their time there comes to a close, they want to leave the house or go off to college. And it does not stop there. Whether they wish to jump into the chosen line of work, or yearn to build a family- each step of life leads us to think that we’re not quite there yet (at happiness).
Social media may be great for keeping in touch, but I’m sure the devil laughs at how easy we have made it to bring jealousy of others upon ourselves. Hollywood, commercials, and general media has unleashed a barrage of all the things that we COULD have or COULD be.
Other than cutting ourselves off from today’s accepted world, how do combat all the temptations of greed thrown our way? Is it wrong to want something new, or strive to be something better? I don’t think it is, however the thought process from one point to another is the true key to contentment. You can read about contentment and the thought process from great writers of every century, but everything we need to know is in the Bible.
Psalm 16:11 You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
- God has a plan for us. He gives us a road map to life, outlined in His Word. This alone should bring us peace, simply knowing that God knows where we are, and it’s part of His plan.
Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your thoughts.
- If we first take all of our focus and energy and turn it to our amazing God, then we can know that we are not alone on our journey to contentment, but that He is there holding our hand along the way.
Matthew 6:31-33 Therefore do not be anxious and worried, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But FIRST seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you.
-It is in our natural sinful nature to worry about our needs. Know that God sees our needs, and as our loving Father will make sure we are taken care of. He takes this worry away and offers peace and provision for us, His children. When we set out to learn all we can about our Father and His will, we can rest with the knowledge that our Fathers perfect love would never see His children harmed.
Philippians 4:12-13 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through Him who gives me strength.
- Paul speaks of his own journey to contentment. No matter what his current place in life, he realized that it is solely through God that he has the strength to be happy and continue on.
Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Too often Christians site this passage in an attempt to ease their guilt of wanting more. I believe the true meaning of this passage, in order to calm and assure us is this: When you ask God for something, what are you really asking for? i.e. A new car, is really a request for transportation. A new house, a request for shelter or space or even a better position in society. After examining our lives and possessions we will often find that God has not only provided us with our needs, but in most cases has gone above and beyond to include countless blessings. He has never-ending wisdom to know what we need, and what we don't need.
Even though the Bible has given us the outline for a content life, we stumble into the greed and jealousy that is all around us. We look at our situation and we say “This sucks.” It’s times like these that we need to look with an open mind at the problem. When our focus is on God, we can better see that we have so many blessings that the world views as human rights. The world pushes the agenda that we are all equal and therefore all deserve the same things. The world is only right when you realize that we are all equally sinners, deserving of nothing but death, and knowing this we can see that anything above death and eternal punishment is a blessing from God.
With so many blessings from such a wonderful God, we should strive daily to know Him better and to use the talents and gifts He has given in such ways to bring Him glory and thanks for all He has provided. When your life goal is to give praise and thanks to God, contentment for all you have will fall into place.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Creating a Snack Station
Eating is such a routine and natural thing... so why is it that I get so irritated when the kids ask for snacks? Anyone who has spent time with my children, know that Piper's favorite word is "' 'nack". It seems each time they beg for food our minds go into overload with all the questions:
-What do we have? -Is that even good for them? -Do we have anything? -Didn't they just eat? -Is there enough for everyone? -Didn't I just buy a bunch of snacks?
The general problem is not knowing what you have on hand. (Seems to be the problem with dinner too!!) Then when you think of something, you offer it and get turned up noses. I only have two kids (and a third that seems to live here), but I decided that I'd come up with a snack station to rid me of all this irritation. So here you go.
This is what my snack stations looks like: dry and cold
What you need:
snack size ziplocks
big container(s) or baskets to store pre-bagged snacks
-I got mine at the dollar store.
small containers for things that won't work in bags
...and lots of snacks!
I opened my cupboards and took out anything considered "snack worthy". I made up a batch of jello, added my own canned pears, and poured into 1/2c. containers. Then I mixed up some of the things into trail mix like concoctions. What you choose to use for snacks will obviously depend on your kids likes, and your health/allergy preferences. The amount of snacks you have ready will vary as well. How often will you be able to replenish the snack bins? How many kids and snacks do you hand out in a day?
I might have gone a little overboard to start mine up, but I didn't want to have to add a lot right after starting this whole idea. I figure each time I go shopping I'll have a couple new things to portion and add. I DO have a bigger bin with extra portions made up of certain things, that didn't fit into the bins e.g. one bag of popped popcorn gave me nine portioned bags. If you think it might take a while to go through your snack supply, it might be a good idea to date some items. I decided to make a few "healthy" options that stay in the fridge, and I have dates on those.
Once you have the snacks bagged up, you'll want to come up with a system (at least something basic). For my youngest, I have set times for her to have snack. She gets to pick ONE bag, but from the bin that I choose. After school, each kid gets to choose ONE snack, usually from all the choices. When the bag is gone, snack is done. I think it's important to teach our kids that a snack is not meant to "fill you up". It's simply nutrition to keep you going until the next meal.
I thought I'd also mention that when it come to drinks in our house, I have some basic guidelines that make things easier (for me AND the kids). We have milk with breakfast and lunch, and juice with dinner. Any other time we have water, and everyone has their own water bottle. -I'm not washing 25 cups a day. ...and if you look in the picture, I found these nifty water bottles that have snack cups that attach to the bottom of the water bottle!! We haven't left a snack cup outside yet, and with color coded bottles/cups, they are better about reusing the cups. Anything making less dishes for Mom is a win in this house.
-What do we have? -Is that even good for them? -Do we have anything? -Didn't they just eat? -Is there enough for everyone? -Didn't I just buy a bunch of snacks?
The general problem is not knowing what you have on hand. (Seems to be the problem with dinner too!!) Then when you think of something, you offer it and get turned up noses. I only have two kids (and a third that seems to live here), but I decided that I'd come up with a snack station to rid me of all this irritation. So here you go.
This is what my snack stations looks like: dry and cold
snack size ziplocks
big container(s) or baskets to store pre-bagged snacks
-I got mine at the dollar store.
small containers for things that won't work in bags
...and lots of snacks!
I opened my cupboards and took out anything considered "snack worthy". I made up a batch of jello, added my own canned pears, and poured into 1/2c. containers. Then I mixed up some of the things into trail mix like concoctions. What you choose to use for snacks will obviously depend on your kids likes, and your health/allergy preferences. The amount of snacks you have ready will vary as well. How often will you be able to replenish the snack bins? How many kids and snacks do you hand out in a day?
I might have gone a little overboard to start mine up, but I didn't want to have to add a lot right after starting this whole idea. I figure each time I go shopping I'll have a couple new things to portion and add. I DO have a bigger bin with extra portions made up of certain things, that didn't fit into the bins e.g. one bag of popped popcorn gave me nine portioned bags. If you think it might take a while to go through your snack supply, it might be a good idea to date some items. I decided to make a few "healthy" options that stay in the fridge, and I have dates on those.
Once you have the snacks bagged up, you'll want to come up with a system (at least something basic). For my youngest, I have set times for her to have snack. She gets to pick ONE bag, but from the bin that I choose. After school, each kid gets to choose ONE snack, usually from all the choices. When the bag is gone, snack is done. I think it's important to teach our kids that a snack is not meant to "fill you up". It's simply nutrition to keep you going until the next meal.
I thought I'd also mention that when it come to drinks in our house, I have some basic guidelines that make things easier (for me AND the kids). We have milk with breakfast and lunch, and juice with dinner. Any other time we have water, and everyone has their own water bottle. -I'm not washing 25 cups a day. ...and if you look in the picture, I found these nifty water bottles that have snack cups that attach to the bottom of the water bottle!! We haven't left a snack cup outside yet, and with color coded bottles/cups, they are better about reusing the cups. Anything making less dishes for Mom is a win in this house.
Here's some ideas to start your mommy gears turning:
Salty: Chips, Tortilla Chips, Crackers, Pretzels, Goldfish
Sweet: Graham Crackers, Animal Crackers, Cereals, Dried Fruit
Frozen Yogurt Tubes, Sliced Apples (spray with sprite to keep from browning), Cherry Tomatoes, Pepperoni, Cheese, Jello, Canned Fruits, Carrots, Celery, Olives, Cubed Ham
Trail Mix Ideas:
-Cheerios, Peanuts, Raisins, Craisins
-Goldfish, Corn Nuts, Pumpkin Seeds, Sunflower Seeds, Peanuts
Now gather your snacks that you know are hiding in your cupboards, and get it together! Help us out with any other good snack ideas I missed.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Decluttering the Closet
I'm getting the spring cleaning bug, and wanted to start some bigger projects. Today I decided I would declutter my closet. With full intentions of going through every single peice of clothing in our house (before my birthday in Sep.) I figured, why not start in my own closet. I set up my space with a bag "To Donate", a bag for "Trash", a box "To Sell", and a box "Mom's- Doesn't Fit". The last box I am only allowing myself because I am in the middle of losing the last final pounds from having my 2 wonderful kids, so I figured I can hold on to a couple things that don't quite fit me yet.
Normally this would have been done with loud girly pop music blaring, but Piper was occupied watching TV, and my music would have called her intention in to bug me. I set my timer for 45 minutes (I knew I'd have to speed through in order not to dawdle on decisions). I went through everything that was hanging. Then I went through socks and tossed the warn out ones. Our MOPS group is donating gently used bras, so I got rid of a bunch of those too. I even went through the underwear drawer and tossed a TON of those (and many, many thongs from my high school days)!
I'm pretty happy with my final results. Now I just have to stay motivated to tackle Mike and the girl's closets as well. How about you? When was the last time you went through your closet??
Normally this would have been done with loud girly pop music blaring, but Piper was occupied watching TV, and my music would have called her intention in to bug me. I set my timer for 45 minutes (I knew I'd have to speed through in order not to dawdle on decisions). I went through everything that was hanging. Then I went through socks and tossed the warn out ones. Our MOPS group is donating gently used bras, so I got rid of a bunch of those too. I even went through the underwear drawer and tossed a TON of those (and many, many thongs from my high school days)!
Monday, March 4, 2013
Trust: Earning and Rebuilding
Trust is a funny thing. It’s probably the thing most taken for granted by people, especially in today’s society, with information so easily at our fingertips. Some feel that trust should be earned before it is given at all, but the problem with that thought is that it is SO hard to earn in the first place.
You can probably think of more than one time that a person has lost your trust, but thinking of times when someone has earned it is much more difficult. Trust is generally earned over a long period of time with consistent results and obvious actions on their intentions. In an ongoing relationship, like a marriage, this can be difficult because day to day life is on auto-pilot. Your spouse consistently provides the same results (earning a paycheck, doing the dishes) without you even realizing it. When it comes to intentions, it’s a matter of communication. A lack of good communication in any relationship can mean a gradual breaking down of trust. And we all know how a single simple event can completely break down trust in one swoop.
So how do you earn/gain trust? Proper communication on a daily basis is key to rebuilding trust. Since trust in relationships is a two-way street, both parties need to be working at it. It doesn’t matter how hard you are trying to earn trust, if the other person involved isn’t actively trying to trust you. Communicate! Don’t break your word, and don’t intentionally lie. Don’t assume things either. Talk about everything till your blue in the face. Being obviously open, shows the other party that you are actively trying to have good intentions with common expectations. It’s a daily task that is well worth the effort.
Take your steps toward rebuilding trust today and everyday by communicating your intentions and making sure that you both have the same expectations. And when you hit a bump in the road, communicate some more, ask for forgiveness, and be willing to start over again. Any real relationship is worth the work- from both sides of the relationship.
http://locolife.hubpages.com/hub/achieving-and-developing-trust
http://www.kansas.com/2012/12/05/2592773/earning-trust-from-different-personality.html
You can probably think of more than one time that a person has lost your trust, but thinking of times when someone has earned it is much more difficult. Trust is generally earned over a long period of time with consistent results and obvious actions on their intentions. In an ongoing relationship, like a marriage, this can be difficult because day to day life is on auto-pilot. Your spouse consistently provides the same results (earning a paycheck, doing the dishes) without you even realizing it. When it comes to intentions, it’s a matter of communication. A lack of good communication in any relationship can mean a gradual breaking down of trust. And we all know how a single simple event can completely break down trust in one swoop.
So how do you earn/gain trust? Proper communication on a daily basis is key to rebuilding trust. Since trust in relationships is a two-way street, both parties need to be working at it. It doesn’t matter how hard you are trying to earn trust, if the other person involved isn’t actively trying to trust you. Communicate! Don’t break your word, and don’t intentionally lie. Don’t assume things either. Talk about everything till your blue in the face. Being obviously open, shows the other party that you are actively trying to have good intentions with common expectations. It’s a daily task that is well worth the effort.
Take your steps toward rebuilding trust today and everyday by communicating your intentions and making sure that you both have the same expectations. And when you hit a bump in the road, communicate some more, ask for forgiveness, and be willing to start over again. Any real relationship is worth the work- from both sides of the relationship.
http://locolife.hubpages.com/hub/achieving-and-developing-trust
http://www.kansas.com/2012/12/05/2592773/earning-trust-from-different-personality.html
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
My best is good enough.
Happy New Year friends! Did you ll make resolutions? When I started thinking of resolutions, I ended up with a huge list (as usual) and then decided I didn't want to post them because it would be more obvious and public if when I fail. After some more thought I narrowed the resolution down all together.
I will do MY best, for God, my family, and myself. As long as it's my best, it's good enough.
I've got so hung up in the past on things being done "right" or getting things perfect, and I'm through with that. All it gets you in the end is a couple great things and a ton of half done projects...not to mention the things you think about doing, but get scared away from because of perfectionism.
I'm through with allow people's thoughts and judgement of me rule my every waking emotion. I guess another way to word my resolution is "I don't care what anyone thinks about anything that I do". ...but that just sounded rude and callus, and that is not the goal at all with this.
So here I go, off to a new year, trying my best in everything I do, and simply satisfied and happy, knowing that my best is good enough.
I will do MY best, for God, my family, and myself. As long as it's my best, it's good enough.
I've got so hung up in the past on things being done "right" or getting things perfect, and I'm through with that. All it gets you in the end is a couple great things and a ton of half done projects...not to mention the things you think about doing, but get scared away from because of perfectionism.
I'm through with allow people's thoughts and judgement of me rule my every waking emotion. I guess another way to word my resolution is "I don't care what anyone thinks about anything that I do". ...but that just sounded rude and callus, and that is not the goal at all with this.
So here I go, off to a new year, trying my best in everything I do, and simply satisfied and happy, knowing that my best is good enough.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Blessons ...The blessings that are constant lessons.
“Children are such a blessing!”
“Congratulations on the blessing of your marriage!”
These things truly are blessings from God above, however they don’t always seem like it do they? The Bible clearly states both marriage and offspring to be a blessing.
Ps 128:3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your children like olive plants
All around your table.
I don’t know about you, but the type of vine my spouse represents seems to be more of a weed than a fruitful vine most of the time. Why is this? The fruitful vine in the passage is a slender plant that grows across the ground unless placed on supports. Our spouse could be that fruitful vine we are looking for, but maybe we need to look on the ground, and lift them up and support them.
Gen 2:18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
A supported spouse is more likely to be fruitful, and the kind of “vine” that we all seem to be looking for. Stop looking elsewhere admiring better “vines”, and don't point out the flaws of your own if you've neglected to support it. Start at home and take care of the fruitful vine that God has already placed at your feet. Take this blessing and learn all the lessons you can from it. Marriage is hard, but when you let Christ lead you through it, the blessings are wonderful.
Ps 128:3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your children like olive plants
All around your table.
In the time the Bible was written, olive plants were practically priceless. I’m sure my children are priceless... (I know that deep down) but more days than not, I feel like I would pay someone to "borrow" them for a moment of my own sanity. When you look further into scripture you understand that not only was the olive plant priceless, but it was an essential part of life for the rich and poor. The wood was hard and used in special furniture and statues. The oil was used to anoint kings and prophets. It was also used in cooking, cosmetics, and medicine. The olives themselves were pickled and an important part of yearly food storage. When you owned an olive plant, it could bless your family in all these ways.
My children are priceless not because they are geniuses or will compose the next great musical master piece. (Heck I’m even dreading the years of piano lessons). Our children are priceless because God has given each of them the talents and abilities to be able to further bless our family. The lesson comes in the fact that we as parents need to cultivate each of our precious “olive plants” into the young people and adults that we want them to be, as a blessing to us and as a blessing to society.
Let’s stop with the selfishness of materialism for ourselves as parents but also for our children. Raising a child is a non-stop learning process for both the child and the parent. What are we doing to love and teach our children right now? They should be our focus. We need to focus on the children in front of us and remember that it is solely our jobs as owners of these “plants” to raise them.
“Congratulations on the blessing of your marriage!”
These things truly are blessings from God above, however they don’t always seem like it do they? The Bible clearly states both marriage and offspring to be a blessing.
Ps 128:3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your children like olive plants
All around your table.
I don’t know about you, but the type of vine my spouse represents seems to be more of a weed than a fruitful vine most of the time. Why is this? The fruitful vine in the passage is a slender plant that grows across the ground unless placed on supports. Our spouse could be that fruitful vine we are looking for, but maybe we need to look on the ground, and lift them up and support them.
Gen 2:18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
A supported spouse is more likely to be fruitful, and the kind of “vine” that we all seem to be looking for. Stop looking elsewhere admiring better “vines”, and don't point out the flaws of your own if you've neglected to support it. Start at home and take care of the fruitful vine that God has already placed at your feet. Take this blessing and learn all the lessons you can from it. Marriage is hard, but when you let Christ lead you through it, the blessings are wonderful.
Ps 128:3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your children like olive plants
All around your table.
In the time the Bible was written, olive plants were practically priceless. I’m sure my children are priceless... (I know that deep down) but more days than not, I feel like I would pay someone to "borrow" them for a moment of my own sanity. When you look further into scripture you understand that not only was the olive plant priceless, but it was an essential part of life for the rich and poor. The wood was hard and used in special furniture and statues. The oil was used to anoint kings and prophets. It was also used in cooking, cosmetics, and medicine. The olives themselves were pickled and an important part of yearly food storage. When you owned an olive plant, it could bless your family in all these ways.
My children are priceless not because they are geniuses or will compose the next great musical master piece. (Heck I’m even dreading the years of piano lessons). Our children are priceless because God has given each of them the talents and abilities to be able to further bless our family. The lesson comes in the fact that we as parents need to cultivate each of our precious “olive plants” into the young people and adults that we want them to be, as a blessing to us and as a blessing to society.
Let’s stop with the selfishness of materialism for ourselves as parents but also for our children. Raising a child is a non-stop learning process for both the child and the parent. What are we doing to love and teach our children right now? They should be our focus. We need to focus on the children in front of us and remember that it is solely our jobs as owners of these “plants” to raise them.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Escape from your vices!
vice n.
a. An evil, degrading, or immoral practice or habit.
b. A serious moral failing.
c. Wicked or evil conduct or habits; corruption.
A vice is different than a pet-peeve or a bad habit. A vice is something that corrupts your way of thinking and your day to day life. A vise effects the outcome of not only this particular day, but every decision made in this day, thus effecting the future as well. What are your vises? I'm not talking about your list of bad habits, pet peeves or personality quirks, though some of those may fit under the "vise" category as well.
What are the things that put an immediate damper on your day for no real goo reason? No one's fault, not even our own, but yet we let these things get to us. We let them ruin our day and effect all those unprepared souls around us for the wrath of our dismal day to follow. I am just as guilty as any other (if not MORE so) when it comes to ranting on social media. And as we all know, this solves nothing. If anything, it just makes the problems worse. We are above the middle school stage of passing notes and snide looks... or so I thought.
Using the definitions above to identify your top 3-5 vices (No more than 5, we want to be able to focus). Now with this list make a solid effort to release yourself from these vices. These are the things the devil loves. This is where he thrives. This is his favorite part of you. If that's not reason enough to run away from the vices fast, than I don't know what is. Here are mine.
What are the things that put an immediate damper on your day for no real goo reason? No one's fault, not even our own, but yet we let these things get to us. We let them ruin our day and effect all those unprepared souls around us for the wrath of our dismal day to follow. I am just as guilty as any other (if not MORE so) when it comes to ranting on social media. And as we all know, this solves nothing. If anything, it just makes the problems worse. We are above the middle school stage of passing notes and snide looks... or so I thought.
Using the definitions above to identify your top 3-5 vices (No more than 5, we want to be able to focus). Now with this list make a solid effort to release yourself from these vices. These are the things the devil loves. This is where he thrives. This is his favorite part of you. If that's not reason enough to run away from the vices fast, than I don't know what is. Here are mine.
a. An evil, degrading, or immoral practice or habit.
I get full of contempt every single time I have to do the dishes (which is every day, since it is solely my job). I always get upset that no one will do them for me, even though I know it is my responsibility and my job, and I should be happy to bless my family by using my talents in such a way to show my love for them daily.
b. A serious moral failing.
I continually fail to get into God's word, both for me AND my girls. My inner voice tells me that I know all there is to know about my Lord and Savior, and that digging deeper won't get me anything additional: emotional or spiritually. Through so many personal testimonies, I know that to be false. Besides all of that, it is SO extremely important for me to take over the Head of the Household position until the right person is ready to step up. I cannot wait for someone else to take action in this area, but for now I need to trust that God has put this into my hands for a reason.
c. Wicked or evil conduct or habits; corruption.
My evil and corrupt thoughts boil down to one main thing. Blame. I blame others for my shortcomings. I blame others for my lack of connection to God. I blame others for my sin and the ease in which I fall back into sin.
Blame started in the Garden of Eden, with Adam blaming Eve, who blamed the Devil, who blamed God for for putting temptation in their faces.
Blame started in the Garden of Eden, with Adam blaming Eve, who blamed the Devil, who blamed God for for putting temptation in their faces.
Conclusion: God loves ME (and you!) so much that he sent his son to be punished for me. He sent Jesus to take all of my vices on his shoulders. My vices are all to be thrown onto him. My worry is gone. My sins have disappeared. I am perfect. Through Jesus perfect life, God seeing me as holy and an acceptable guest at his banquet table. Now let's spend every day thanking Jesus for the sacrifice He made for us His children, whom He loves more than anything, and give praises of pure Joy and Hallelujah to my God and Father for sacrificing His only son for millions, just so I can deserve to be in His presence.
My personal Father,
Thank you for everything You have chosen for me. The strength and courage You showed here on earth is just a small example of Your wonder and endless love. I hope and prey to know You more and more, so I can continue to properly thank you for all You have given me through eternal life and through earthly peace by releasing me from my earthly vices.
Amen.
Thank you for everything You have chosen for me. The strength and courage You showed here on earth is just a small example of Your wonder and endless love. I hope and prey to know You more and more, so I can continue to properly thank you for all You have given me through eternal life and through earthly peace by releasing me from my earthly vices.
Amen.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
28 things
I decided to make a list of 28 things to do before my next birthday (Sep 14) and here it is:
1. Get my Drivers License (That's right, I still don't have one)
2. Go to The Ledges in Boone, IA (Never been there!)
3. Make an Ice Cream Cake
4. Go to a movie on opening night.
5. Make a quilt.
6. Host a "Party" (ie 31, tupperware, clever container)
7. Make noodles from scratch.
8. Complete a 5k. (This will NOT be easy, as I consider 200m to be long distance)
9. Teach 2 people how to sew/craft. (Believe it or not, some people don't know how!)
10. Find/Choose a home church.
11. Complete a FaceBook Fast (maybe start with 24 hrs, and work up to a week?)
12. Make a pie from scratch.
13. Have a date night with dinner & a movie.
14. Make a board game.
15. Go through EVERY item of clothing in the house, and minimize.
16. Go one month spending only $50/wk on food & house supplies.
17. Create a picture collage for each year Mike & I have been together.
18. Go to a Zoo with the girls. (ANY Zoo)
19. Learn to crochet. (Hopefully it isn't as dangerous as knitting)
20. Make Butter! (And cheese if I get really crazy!)
21. Make a dress/skirt for each of the girls.
22. Participate in the 2013 Iowa Games.
:+:+: The last few are kind of vague, but I have attempted to quantify them, comparing to my current participation in each activity now, to my hopeful goals. :+:+:
(I will be tracking them on my FlyLady Calendar!)
23. Send more (snail) mail. -at least once a month.
24. Read more (not at the computer). -Once a week?
25. Exercise more. -Twice a week.
26. Journal/Blog more. -Once a week.
27. Spend time in spiritual devotion. -Twice a week.
And my favorite (Every mom will understand)...
28. Sleep in until... I wake up!
1. Get my Drivers License (That's right, I still don't have one)
2. Go to The Ledges in Boone, IA (Never been there!)
4. Go to a movie on opening night.
5. Make a quilt.
6. Host a "Party" (ie 31, tupperware, clever container)
7. Make noodles from scratch.
8. Complete a 5k. (This will NOT be easy, as I consider 200m to be long distance)
9. Teach 2 people how to sew/craft. (Believe it or not, some people don't know how!)
10. Find/Choose a home church.
12. Make a pie from scratch.
13. Have a date night with dinner & a movie.
14. Make a board game.
15. Go through EVERY item of clothing in the house, and minimize.
16. Go one month spending only $50/wk on food & house supplies.
17. Create a picture collage for each year Mike & I have been together.
18. Go to a Zoo with the girls. (ANY Zoo)
19. Learn to crochet. (Hopefully it isn't as dangerous as knitting)
21. Make a dress/skirt for each of the girls.
22. Participate in the 2013 Iowa Games.
:+:+: The last few are kind of vague, but I have attempted to quantify them, comparing to my current participation in each activity now, to my hopeful goals. :+:+:
(I will be tracking them on my FlyLady Calendar!)
23. Send more (snail) mail. -at least once a month.
24. Read more (not at the computer). -Once a week?
25. Exercise more. -Twice a week.
26. Journal/Blog more. -Once a week.
27. Spend time in spiritual devotion. -Twice a week.
And my favorite (Every mom will understand)...
28. Sleep in until... I wake up!
Monday, January 2, 2012
A New Year with Resolutions to Keep.... or Break
Every year people all over the world make resolutions to start the year with great intentions. Unfortunately by mid February, the intentions and zeal of the resolutions are long forgotten. I am one of those people. I hate that when you make resolutions, you almost always reach for too high a goal, and set yourself up for failure. It's either that or the goal isn't a measurable thing i.e. "Be healthy" or "Stop Worrying." I decided to keep this all in mind when making my resolutions for 2012.
1. Go to bed between 9:30-10:30pm most of the time.
-This was actually a resolution from 2011 that I did a descent job of keeping... but it's not quite habit yet.
2. Get reacquainted w/ FlyLady and her wonderful purple ways.
-For those of you that don't know: flylady.net is a wonderful site full of tips and methods for cleaning, organizing and decluttering your home AND keeping it that way.
3. Unpack and declutter ALL boxes from us moving in November.
-I love this one because it is a very measurable/visual goal.
4. Finish reading the 4 books I started last year- AND review them (on here).
-Last year my resolutions included "Read 6 books". Well I failed at that, but I did START 4 books :)
4. Start blogging again...once a week?
-Again this is a measurable goal. Yay!
Notice that I have nothing on the list referring to losing weight or getting in shape. It's not that those aren't goals of mine (in actuality they are HUGE goals). It's more that I don't want to list these things as ToDo's... :)
1. Go to bed between 9:30-10:30pm most of the time.
-This was actually a resolution from 2011 that I did a descent job of keeping... but it's not quite habit yet.
2. Get reacquainted w/ FlyLady and her wonderful purple ways.
-For those of you that don't know: flylady.net is a wonderful site full of tips and methods for cleaning, organizing and decluttering your home AND keeping it that way.
3. Unpack and declutter ALL boxes from us moving in November.
-I love this one because it is a very measurable/visual goal.
4. Finish reading the 4 books I started last year- AND review them (on here).
-Last year my resolutions included "Read 6 books". Well I failed at that, but I did START 4 books :)
4. Start blogging again...once a week?
-Again this is a measurable goal. Yay!
Notice that I have nothing on the list referring to losing weight or getting in shape. It's not that those aren't goals of mine (in actuality they are HUGE goals). It's more that I don't want to list these things as ToDo's... :)
Saturday, February 13, 2010
HD Channel Listing Ames IA
When I first got HD channels here in Ames IA I was quite upset that I had to relearn all the channel numbers ... and couldn't find a list anywhere... so I sat down and flipped through channels and wrote it all down to share. Here you go.
51-1 Hallmark
51-5 ABC Fam
51-7 Comedy C.
51-11 Discovery
51-13 Fox News
51-19 TLC
51-21 WE
51-25 Big Ten
52-1 FX
52-5 E!
52-7 Vs.
52-9 Speed
52-13 BET
52-15 Bravo
52-19 Animal Planet
52-21 USA
52-23 Travel
53-5 Cartoon Network
53-7 TBS
53-9 TNT
53-11 Spike
53-13 TV Land
53-15 A&E
53-17 MTV
53-19 Nick
53-21 MSNBC
53-23 tru
54-1 Food
54-3 HGTV
54-5 Soap
54-7 Telemundo
54-9 Disney
54-11 A&E
54-13 History
54-19 ESPN Classic
54-21 SyFy
54-23 AMC
55-5 ESPN
55-13 ESPN2
55-15 Fox Midwest
55-17 Weather
56-5 LMN
87-2 NBC
87-4 Ion
87-6 CBS
87-8 ABC
87-12 CW KCWI
88-2 IPTV
88-4 MC 22
88-8 THIS
51-1 Hallmark
51-5 ABC Fam
51-7 Comedy C.
51-11 Discovery
51-13 Fox News
51-19 TLC
51-21 WE
51-25 Big Ten
52-1 FX
52-5 E!
52-7 Vs.
52-9 Speed
52-13 BET
52-15 Bravo
52-19 Animal Planet
52-21 USA
52-23 Travel
53-5 Cartoon Network
53-7 TBS
53-9 TNT
53-11 Spike
53-13 TV Land
53-15 A&E
53-17 MTV
53-19 Nick
53-21 MSNBC
53-23 tru
54-1 Food
54-3 HGTV
54-5 Soap
54-7 Telemundo
54-9 Disney
54-11 A&E
54-13 History
54-19 ESPN Classic
54-21 SyFy
54-23 AMC
55-5 ESPN
55-13 ESPN2
55-15 Fox Midwest
55-17 Weather
56-5 LMN
87-2 NBC
87-4 Ion
87-6 CBS
87-8 ABC
87-12 CW KCWI
88-2 IPTV
88-4 MC 22
88-8 THIS
Monday, June 29, 2009
Traveling in hel...I mean Illinois (Same thing!)
A couple weekends ago we were supposed to drive to IL for a wedding... here is how it played out!
Mike is now EXTREMLY stressed. I think he has a sincere phobia of getting lost, and as much as he trusts my map reading skills, he was even more stressed then before. At this point we had gotten on a smller highway which would only take us about 10 minutes out of our way. THEN we came to a stand still again. As we crept forward we came to what looked like a river flowing across the hwy at a rushing speed. This "river" was atleast 50ft wide and 2-3ft deep and we needed to drive through it. We wouldn't have crossed if we hadn't just witnessed a car the same size as ours go through safely. Needless to say, this was now even more stressful.
After this point I demanded we stop at a gas station because I had a horrible headache from reading the map while driving. The next hour or so was spent with me trying to navigate the map. I missed one turn off which took us another 45 minutes out of our way. And then when we finally got to the Mississippi River crossing, there was a detour so I took my own way which ended up getting us lost in IL on a tollway. So we had to turn around, costing us an additional $5 to get off and on and off again from this dumb tollway. After the long trip we finally made it to the hotel at 10:30 pm, when we originally planned to get there around 6pm.
We were very hungry and there were ZERO fast food places within eye sight. We didn't WANT to drive and didn't know where we would have gone anyways. So we walked to this little bar and grill right by the hotel. When we got in there it was karaoke night and the most unorganized place ever. No servers, no menus. Couldn't here anything. Ugh. Very disappointing. So we went back to our room and I ended up ordering Pizza Hut (which only took 8 calls to find the one that delivered to us).-So the first day SUCKED!
Saturday morning we went to the restaurant located in the hotel for breakfast. It was a decent breakfast, but I don't know about it costing $15 a person. Then we went to the pool and swam for a little bit. The heater for the hot tub was broken. The sauna didn't work very well. Then Mike wanted to play racquet ball. I had never played but agreed to play. There was a $10 charge to play, which I didn't tell Mike about. It would have stressed him out and it was the one thing he was really looking forward to doing. So I spent about an hour trying to learn a new sport and have my husband criticize my every move as I lost each game by over 20 points. Then we went back to the same bar and grill to try it for lunch. The food was good but when I went to pay my card was declined. After we left I called the bank to find out my account was negative $600 and there were atleast $500 in pending transactions which would be recieving fees of $35 each (about 12 of them). (It turned out that most were false charges but in turn caused checks to bounce and othr angry people).
There was lots of very yummy food. There was great music and lots of dancing. After the dance we actually invited a few people back to our room for card games. We played games till 2 am! When I woke up in the morning with a pounding headache I realized my ibuprofen was in the car... and I also couldn't complain cause Mike would be upset that I had drank enough to get a hangover. We then went to breakfast (paid by the wedding party). After breakfast there was a note under our door saying that in order to check out all you had to do was leave your keys on top of the TV and thats it.
So we left and 30 minutes into our trip I realized I left my phone charger there. So I called one of the guys I knew was still at the hotel. He went to try and get it and the desk told him we weren't checked out yet and would have to come back to check out or be charged another day as penalty. So we had to turn around which involved 4 extra tolls (about $3 total). Mike is now insanely pissed and telling me how dumb I was for thinking I could just leave without talking to the desk, even though I showed him the paper.
It turned out that we weren't checked out because my bank was denying their charges for the stay. Luckily we had some cash to buy gas on the way back. I went up to the room and got my charger and we left again. (More tolls). When we got to the Mississippi we had to take my own little detour again, which at least didn't get us lost, just stressed Mike out some. Then we stopped for gas and there was an arbys there. I got a large fry and wanted Bronco Berry sauce for it (tastes like sweet and sour). They gave me the frys and then told me they didn't have any sauce. I didn't frickin want the frys without the sauce. UGH! It was only now that I tried to use the new adapter for out ipod to play it over the radio in the car. Guess what: It didn't work! When we finally got back home we had to pick up Reyna from Mikes parents house and they wanted us to stay for a evening of family activities. When we declined, they tried to guilt us into staying... we still went home. When we got home Mike wanted dinner, and Reyna wanted a bath. I took care of them then tried again at getting my Sims 3 to work. After 4 hours of working on my computer I STILL have an un-working copy of the Sims 3. It won't work until EA puts out a patch for it. -So this was my horrible weekend that I had been looking SO forward too.
This is a pic of me and one of the friends I had there- Samantha! (Still looking for my pic with Mike)
We started off leaving 2 hours later then planned. That was mainly my fault due to not being completely packed, but partially Mike's fault cause he didn't know what time he was going to be done with work. The weather was horrible. It was pouring so hard that visibility was 50-100 ft for the first 2 hours. This just stressed Mike out and made him very tense. His neck started hurting much sooner in the trip because of this. While it was pouring, we all of a sudden came to a standstill. After about 5 minutes of being stopped, I called my mother-in-law to see if she could check the news for accidents or whatever. After 5 minutes of no news, we found out the road was flooded and we would have to turn around and find a different road all on our own. Luckily for me I can read maps... even old ones with water spots all over them.
Mike is now EXTREMLY stressed. I think he has a sincere phobia of getting lost, and as much as he trusts my map reading skills, he was even more stressed then before. At this point we had gotten on a smller highway which would only take us about 10 minutes out of our way. THEN we came to a stand still again. As we crept forward we came to what looked like a river flowing across the hwy at a rushing speed. This "river" was atleast 50ft wide and 2-3ft deep and we needed to drive through it. We wouldn't have crossed if we hadn't just witnessed a car the same size as ours go through safely. Needless to say, this was now even more stressful.
After this point I demanded we stop at a gas station because I had a horrible headache from reading the map while driving. The next hour or so was spent with me trying to navigate the map. I missed one turn off which took us another 45 minutes out of our way. And then when we finally got to the Mississippi River crossing, there was a detour so I took my own way which ended up getting us lost in IL on a tollway. So we had to turn around, costing us an additional $5 to get off and on and off again from this dumb tollway. After the long trip we finally made it to the hotel at 10:30 pm, when we originally planned to get there around 6pm.
We were very hungry and there were ZERO fast food places within eye sight. We didn't WANT to drive and didn't know where we would have gone anyways. So we walked to this little bar and grill right by the hotel. When we got in there it was karaoke night and the most unorganized place ever. No servers, no menus. Couldn't here anything. Ugh. Very disappointing. So we went back to our room and I ended up ordering Pizza Hut (which only took 8 calls to find the one that delivered to us).-So the first day SUCKED!
Saturday morning we went to the restaurant located in the hotel for breakfast. It was a decent breakfast, but I don't know about it costing $15 a person. Then we went to the pool and swam for a little bit. The heater for the hot tub was broken. The sauna didn't work very well. Then Mike wanted to play racquet ball. I had never played but agreed to play. There was a $10 charge to play, which I didn't tell Mike about. It would have stressed him out and it was the one thing he was really looking forward to doing. So I spent about an hour trying to learn a new sport and have my husband criticize my every move as I lost each game by over 20 points. Then we went back to the same bar and grill to try it for lunch. The food was good but when I went to pay my card was declined. After we left I called the bank to find out my account was negative $600 and there were atleast $500 in pending transactions which would be recieving fees of $35 each (about 12 of them). (It turned out that most were false charges but in turn caused checks to bounce and othr angry people).
As if nothing else could go wrong, my pancreas started hurting. In an effort to not miss the entire reception, I decided that I would nap instead of going to the ceremony. Luckily for me it worked and I was good to go for the reception. When we got to the reception there was a group of my friends there that I had no idea were going to be there. In this group was a guy that I used to work with at Pizza Hut. He is truly one of my best guy friends. So this was a good part! Yay for something good! There was an open bar, which I was looking forward too, even though Mike specifically told me he didn't want me to get trashed. This one bar tender was a total d!ck to me. He wouldn't serve me half the things I asked for when he would serve it to others, and I could get it from a different tender.
There was lots of very yummy food. There was great music and lots of dancing. After the dance we actually invited a few people back to our room for card games. We played games till 2 am! When I woke up in the morning with a pounding headache I realized my ibuprofen was in the car... and I also couldn't complain cause Mike would be upset that I had drank enough to get a hangover. We then went to breakfast (paid by the wedding party). After breakfast there was a note under our door saying that in order to check out all you had to do was leave your keys on top of the TV and thats it.
So we left and 30 minutes into our trip I realized I left my phone charger there. So I called one of the guys I knew was still at the hotel. He went to try and get it and the desk told him we weren't checked out yet and would have to come back to check out or be charged another day as penalty. So we had to turn around which involved 4 extra tolls (about $3 total). Mike is now insanely pissed and telling me how dumb I was for thinking I could just leave without talking to the desk, even though I showed him the paper.
It turned out that we weren't checked out because my bank was denying their charges for the stay. Luckily we had some cash to buy gas on the way back. I went up to the room and got my charger and we left again. (More tolls). When we got to the Mississippi we had to take my own little detour again, which at least didn't get us lost, just stressed Mike out some. Then we stopped for gas and there was an arbys there. I got a large fry and wanted Bronco Berry sauce for it (tastes like sweet and sour). They gave me the frys and then told me they didn't have any sauce. I didn't frickin want the frys without the sauce. UGH! It was only now that I tried to use the new adapter for out ipod to play it over the radio in the car. Guess what: It didn't work! When we finally got back home we had to pick up Reyna from Mikes parents house and they wanted us to stay for a evening of family activities. When we declined, they tried to guilt us into staying... we still went home. When we got home Mike wanted dinner, and Reyna wanted a bath. I took care of them then tried again at getting my Sims 3 to work. After 4 hours of working on my computer I STILL have an un-working copy of the Sims 3. It won't work until EA puts out a patch for it. -So this was my horrible weekend that I had been looking SO forward too.
This is a pic of me and one of the friends I had there- Samantha! (Still looking for my pic with Mike)Saturday, May 23, 2009
Darn Kool-Aid, ruining my movie!
Think of your kitchen. The countertops. The space on the countertop where the appliances are lined up (Microwave, Toaster, Coffee Maker, Mixer, etc.) They all are so cozy and squeezed next to each other. When you clean, you wipe right under the edge of each so all crumbs are out of sight (out of mind).
Now you spill a large glass of red kool-aid onto the counter and it seeps underneath each of these items. If it were water, you would just put a towel to the edges and let the rest dry up on its own. But even after a couple seconds exposure, it will take bleach to rid your (rented) counters of the red stains.
The next hour is spent meticulously cleaning the places you didn't plan to clean until you moved out. What was supposed to be a quick drink break during your movie ends up being an entire intermission with a side of a workout.
You know that when you look back on this it will be funny someday. That day is not today.
Now you spill a large glass of red kool-aid onto the counter and it seeps underneath each of these items. If it were water, you would just put a towel to the edges and let the rest dry up on its own. But even after a couple seconds exposure, it will take bleach to rid your (rented) counters of the red stains.
The next hour is spent meticulously cleaning the places you didn't plan to clean until you moved out. What was supposed to be a quick drink break during your movie ends up being an entire intermission with a side of a workout.
You know that when you look back on this it will be funny someday. That day is not today.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Bike Accident
Yesterday I was in an accident while on my bike... well I would call it an accident. I was on my way home from the store on my bike. There is a hill right before my apartment going down into a turn (not huge, but all road signs say slow to 10mph). While I was slowing down a car cut me off on the turn and I had to take a sharp turn and slam my brakes sending my bike sideways. I skid probably 5 ft or so on the pavement into the gravel... The impact on my head was pretty hard, but I haven't found blood. I braced myself with my hands, which hurt when I got up. The car had drove away quickly of course.
About 2 minutes later when I got home, I couldn't even turn on the water to rinse my bloody arm. I really hurt my wrist. I think I just landed hard right on the muscle of the palm. All day yesterday I could garsp anything with my hand. My thumb was useless!
Sleeping last night was no fun at all. I didn't realize that I like to sleep on my right side, which I didn't know is invisibly bruised from head to toe.I am kinda glad you can't see the bruises... but it'd be nice to show the battle wounds you know? I hate complaining about an invisible pain... ugh- story of my life!
You can kinda see the bruise on my hand, and the scrapes on my shoulder and arm have healed quite a bit already (YAY for aloe). Mike (dh) laughed when he went to go feel the bump on my head. His words "hehe, its like you glued half an egg to your head!". My head doesn't hurt at all, except to the touch. My shoulder is throbbing mostly from the scrapes. And my wrist is quite a bit better than it was yesterday. I can hold most things. Typing is ok, writing is a little shaky, opening bottles and what not... yeah can't do that one yet.
After I started thinking about it last night, I was wearing a backpack when I fell (squished and ruined most my groceries). When I fell I rolled to my back. I am pretty sure that my backpack kept me from having to go to the ER... possibly even saved my life cause I am sure it slowed me down and maybe even cushioned my head on the landing. My bag is tore up and dirty. My groceries are squished. My wrist hurts, and there are lovely bruises along my right side, BUT I am aliveto tell the story and to thank the Lord that I am!
Here are some battle wound pics :)
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Pretty Toes
I painted Reyna's toe nails for the first time. I thought she would touch them right away and smear them , but she did very well. Sh even helped me "blow them" all dry.
The best part is that now when she walks, she raises her toes and walks on her heals and stairs at her feet. And every time she sits dow she points at her toes and says "Look! Pretty!"
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Spankings and Discipline
Yesterday, Reyna was throwing another one of her now normal tantrums... she is two, what can I say? She was screaming about everything under the sun. And we have decided to basically pretend she is not screaming and talk to her normally as if she is quiet. We say "Would you like some milk?, You can have the milk if you sit at the table to drink it." she belted "NOOOOooooo" And I answered calmly - "Then we will leave it on the counter, and when you would like to sit at the table you can have it."
That's the basic tantrum in our place. Yesterday during one of these, I asked her if she would like to play with her docter bag, and then I proceeded to open the bag. She ran over to me, grabbed a toy from it and threw it across the room. I slightly raised my voice but calmly replied "Reyna,you don't throw things, and you know that." She scowled at me, picked up 2 toys and threw them right at me.
I picked her up. Gave her a pat on the behind then took her into her room. We sat in the rocking chair. She was screaming (still, from the last 2 hours). I said in a normal tone "You know you don't throw things. You can hurt people." And right away after that I started reading her a book and making funny animal noises with her. It was a short discipline for an act that she did deliberately though she knew it was wrong. Then we immediately changed the subject and played and had fun. The discipline was over. I wasn't mad at her. I wanted her to know that she got a spanking for throwing intentionally. Once I made that point I moved on.
That's the basic tantrum in our place. Yesterday during one of these, I asked her if she would like to play with her docter bag, and then I proceeded to open the bag. She ran over to me, grabbed a toy from it and threw it across the room. I slightly raised my voice but calmly replied "Reyna,you don't throw things, and you know that." She scowled at me, picked up 2 toys and threw them right at me.
I picked her up. Gave her a pat on the behind then took her into her room. We sat in the rocking chair. She was screaming (still, from the last 2 hours). I said in a normal tone "You know you don't throw things. You can hurt people." And right away after that I started reading her a book and making funny animal noises with her. It was a short discipline for an act that she did deliberately though she knew it was wrong. Then we immediately changed the subject and played and had fun. The discipline was over. I wasn't mad at her. I wanted her to know that she got a spanking for throwing intentionally. Once I made that point I moved on.
Monday, March 23, 2009
It's Raining, It's Pouring...
I was so excited to hear it was supposed to start raining real hard about 6 am this morning. I LOVE rain. Even better it was supposed to be storming about 8 am. The 6 am was gonna wake me up and the 8 am storms were gonna keep me motivated. Well it was only sprinkling at 6 and the storms are gonna miss us.
I don't know about anyone else, but severe weather makes me excited. I LOVE storms. I LOVE wind, loud thunder and cracking lightning. When it's storming I sit online with 3 different radar sites up trying to see when the best stuff is coming. I see the big red spots and wish I lived in that tiny town. Is this weird? Am I the only one?
I don't know about anyone else, but severe weather makes me excited. I LOVE storms. I LOVE wind, loud thunder and cracking lightning. When it's storming I sit online with 3 different radar sites up trying to see when the best stuff is coming. I see the big red spots and wish I lived in that tiny town. Is this weird? Am I the only one?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
8am, Time for a nap!
Reyna woke up at 3 am and was up litearally every 10 minutes after that. I rocked her and sang to her. -NOPE! I tried sleeping on the floor of her room with her cuddled next to me.- NOPE! I tried her sleeping on me on the couch (always works). -NOPE! I wouldn't have cared, that she was up but she was just screaming -crying for really no reason.
--Want a blanket? NO!
--Want the couch? NO!
--Want juice? NO!
--What do you want? BLANKET!
--...ugh... NO, NO BLANKET! (And I thought I was fickel)
After about 150 times (literally) singing through her lullabye I gave up and made her a "bed" on the living room floor, got her some fruit snacks (at 4am!?!) and turned on disney channel. I 'slept' on the couch. All was well till I got up an hour later and couldn't find my glasses ... or see enough to find them. After about 20 minutes saying "Reyna, where are my glasses?" to which she would respond "GLASSES! " and point to her eyes with a grin and giggle.... I eventually found my glasses bent into an odd shape under the kiddy table.
--Want a blanket? NO!
--Want the couch? NO!
--Want juice? NO!
--What do you want? BLANKET!
--...ugh... NO, NO BLANKET! (And I thought I was fickel)
After about 150 times (literally) singing through her lullabye I gave up and made her a "bed" on the living room floor, got her some fruit snacks (at 4am!?!) and turned on disney channel. I 'slept' on the couch. All was well till I got up an hour later and couldn't find my glasses ... or see enough to find them. After about 20 minutes saying "Reyna, where are my glasses?" to which she would respond "GLASSES! " and point to her eyes with a grin and giggle.... I eventually found my glasses bent into an odd shape under the kiddy table.
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